Indian Languages For IAS Exam

Will you please provide the list of optional Indian Languages subjects in the Indian Administrative Service entrance exam conducted by UPSC ?

[Quick Sam]

The pattern of questions in the qualifying Indian Language Paper in the Indian Administrative Service entrance exam would be broadly as follows:

(i) Comprehension of given passages.

(ii) Short Essay

(iii) Usage and Vocabulary.

(iv) Precis Writing

(v) Translation from English to the Indian language and vice‐versa.

Indian Languages and Scripts Allowed by UPSC for Civil Services Exam

Language Script
Hindi Devanagari
Telugu Telugu
Tamil Tamil
Sindhi Devanagari or Arabic
Santhali Devanagari or Olchiki
Sanskrit Devanagari
Punjabi Gurumukhi
Oriya Oriya
Nepali Devanagari
Marathi Devanagari
Manipuri Bengali
Malayalam Malayalam
Maithilli Devanagari
Konkani Devanagari
Kashmiri Persian
Kannada Kannada
Gujarati Gujarati
Dogri Devanagari
Bodo Devanagari
Bengali Bengali
Assamese Assamese
Urdu Persian

Hi I would like to know the Indian language syllabus as well as the languages & scripts which are allowed in the IAS main examination?

[Shaleen]

Qualifying Indian Language Syllabus for Civil Services Mains Examination is as given below:

The pattern of questions in the qualifying Indian Language Paper would be broadly as follows:

(i) Comprehension of given passages.
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary.
(iv) Short Essay
(v) Translation from English to the Indian language and vice‐versa.

Indian Languages and Scripts which are allowed by UPSC for Civil Services Exam

For the Language medium/ literature of languages, the scripts to be used by the candidates will be as under:—

Language Script
1. Assamese Assamese
2. Bengali Bengali
3. Gujarati Gujarati
4. Hindi Devanagari
5. Kannada Kannada
6. Kashmiri Persian
7. Konkani Devanagari
8. Malayalam Malayalam
9. Manipuri Bengali
10. Marathi Devanagari
11. Nepali Devanagari
12. Oriya Oriya
13. Punjabi Gurumukhi
14. Sanskrit Devanagari
15. Sindhi Devanagari or Arabic
16. Tamil Tamil
17. Telugu Telugu
18. Urdu Persian
19. Bodo Devanagari
20. Dogri Devanagari
21. Maithilli Devanagari
22. Santhali Devanagari or Olchiki


Note 1: For Santhali language, question paper will be printed in Devanagari script; but aspirants will be free to answer either in Devanagari script or in Olchiki.
Note 2: Paper A will not be compulsory for aspirants hailing from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.